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Pinning hopes on BJP’s PM candidate
14 May 2014 10:51 PM ISTA large number of environmentalists and Yamuna activists in the Braj region have pinned their hopes on BJP’s prime ministerial candidate Narendra...
Requiem for Agra’s British-era train
11 July 2013 11:03 PM ISTYet another British-era relic is chugging into history books. The days of the 65-km-long narrow gauge train from Dholpur to Tantpur in Agra district...
‘My mother loves my creativity’
31 May 2013 6:21 AM ISTConcerned over his mother’s failing eyesight a state government employee here designed a wall clock with a diameter of 54 inches. Now he’s gone a step...
Taj in danger
14 March 2013 4:03 AM ISTWhile experts deliberate on policy frameworks to sustain and promote the visual integrity of world heritage monuments at the ongoing UNESCO meet in...
A city of entrepreneurial excellence
5 Dec 2012 5:16 AM ISTThere’s no doubt that no one thinks of Agra without also thinking of the Taj Mahal. But Agra has much more to offer than Mughal monuments, say local...
Diwali’s new gods: laptops and mobiles
13 Nov 2012 7:44 AM ISTCome Diwali, and traders now have newer gods to pray to: computers, laptops, iPads and mobile phones.Yes, the customary prayers to Lord Ganesha and...
It’s Hindi abroad, English-Vinglish at home
20 Oct 2012 4:07 AM ISTForeigners are queuing up to learn Hindi and there was a global conference too to celebrate the language. Nonetheless, as English spreads inexorably...
The city of the Taj is a story of neglect
5 Oct 2012 2:56 AM ISTTaj City Agra has little to celebrate in spite of being a favourite tourist destination. This is because of the total lack of forward planning,...